1,2,3,4,5,6Third Year Students, Department of Civil Engineering, Vidyaa Vikas College of Engineering and Technology, Tiruchengode, India

Abstract

This paper reports the results of experiments evaluating the use of Incinerated Egg Shell Powder (IESP) from egg production industry as partial replacement for Ordinary Portland Cement in concrete. The egg shell powder was incinerated at 900⁰C for 1 hour. The chemical composition of the IESP and the compressive strength, flexural strength and split tensile strength of concrete containing IESP was determined. The concrete used was of grade M20 and ratio of 1:1.5:3 and IESP was replaced partially by 10%, 20%, 30%, and 40% to the weight of cement. The compressive strength, flexural strength and split tensile strength was determined at curing ages 7 and 28 days. In this direction, an experimental investigation of compressive strength, split tensile strength and flexural strength was undertaken to use IESP and admixtures as partial replacement for cement in concrete.